Optical fiber communication is one of the greatest technological inventions of mankind in the twentieth century. It is not only the foundation of international communication networks and the broadcast and television networks, but also the cornerstone of almost all network services and applications. Without the support of optical fiber communication, even the most advanced computer, switch, router, or data center can only be solitary network nodes. Any kind of networks will no longer exist. Most popular network applications such as the Mobile Internet, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Vehicle Networking, Machine Learning, and Virtual Reality may be phantoms in the sky. People may still live in the Stone Age of the Internet.
In our Optical Fiber Communications course, you will learn the fundamental principles, key concepts, and important methods in optical fiber communication systems. Furthermore, you will be familiar with some critical parameters that affect system performance. Also, you will be required to master and understand the principles and technical means for system designing and optimization. Learning of this course will lay a solid foundation for subsequent studying and technical work in related communication fields.
Chap.1 Introduction
1.1 Motivations for Optical Communications
1.2 Important Background Issues
Chap.2 Optical Fibers: Structures and Fabrication
2.1 Optical Fiber: Structure and Materials
2.2 Optical Fiber Cables and Fabrication
Test1
Chap.3 Waveguide and Transmission Theory
3.1 The Nature of Light
3.2 Basic Optical Laws and Light Ray Transmission Theory
3.3 Maxwell’s Equations and Mode Theory
Test 2
Chap.4 Fiber Transmission Performance
4.1 Attenuation
4.2 Dispersion
4.3 Nonlinear effect
4.4 Fiber Classifications
Test 3
Chap.5 Light Source
5.1 Principles of semiconductor physics
5.2 LEDs and LDs
5.3 Performance of laser diodes
Test 4
Chap.6 Optical Transmitter
6.1 Input circuit
6.2 Optical Drive Circuit
6.3 Interface requirement
Test 5
Chap.7 Photodetectors
7.1 Principles of Photodiodes
7.2 Photodetector Performance
7.3 Noise in Photodetector
Chap.8 Optical Receiver
8.1Fundamental Receiver Operation
8.2 Error Analysis in Receiver
8.3 Receiver Performance
Test 6
Chap.9 Passive Device
9.1 Fiber to Fiber Joints
9.2 Optical Connectors
9.3 Couplers
9.4 Other Passive Devices
Test 7
Chap.10 Optical Amplifier
10.1 Optical Amplifiers
10.2 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers
10.3 Performance of EDFA
10.4 Raman Amplifiers
Test 8
Chap.11 Digital Optical Transmission System 1
11.1 Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
11.2 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
11.3 Multiplexing process in SDH
11.4 Pointer and Justification
Test 9
Chap.11 Digital Optical Transmission System 2
11.5 Clock and Synchronization
11.6 SDH Network Element
11.7 Protection and Recovery in SDH
11.8 Optical Transport Network
Test 10
Chap.12 Wavelength Division Multiplexing System
12.1 Optical Access Network
12.2 ATM Passive Optical Network
12.3 Ethernet Passive Optical Network
12.4 Gigabit Passive Optical Network
Test 11
Chap.13 Transmission System Performance
13.1 Principles of WDM
13.2 WDM Standards
13.3 Key Elements in WDM System
13.4 Transmission Fiber Choice for WDM
Test12
Chap.14 Transmission System Performance
14.1 Analog and Digital Links
14.2 Error Control
14.3 Performance Evaluation and System Design
14.4 Availability of the System
Test13
Chap.15 Novel Technology in Optical Communication System
15.1 Optical Soliton Communication
15.2 Free Space Optical Communication
15.3 AI and its Applications in Optical Communication System
Test14